| hardball tactics | 2.63 | Intel admits to the hardball tactics. | ||
| hardball politics | 0.99 | This is hardball politics at its literal best. | ||
| hardball world | 0.46 | Like the rest of the hardball world, he is impressed by Pedro Martinez. | ||
| hardball god | 0.39 | There is no hardball god. | ||
| hardball history | 0.33 | Hub hardball history has not been kind to Don Zimmer. |